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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Rostker, Director of Selective Service v. Goldberg et al.

453 U.S. 57 · 101 S. Ct. 2646 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 126

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-251
U.S. Reports
453 U.S. 57
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2646
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 126

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rostker, Director of Selective Service v. Goldberg et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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